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1 L’Eterno disse a Mosè: "Tagliati due tavole di pietra come le prime; e io scriverò sulle tavole le parole che erano sulle prime che spezzasti.

2 E sii pronto domattina, e sali al mattino sul monte Sinai, e presentati quivi a me in vetta al monte.

3 Nessuno salga con te, e non si vegga alcuno per tutto il monte; e greggi ed armenti non pascolino nei pressi di questo monte".

4 Mosè dunque tagliò due tavole di pietra, come le prime; si alzò la mattina di buon’ora, e salì sul monte Sinai come l’Eterno gli avea comandato, e prese in mano le due tavole di pietra.

5 E l’Eterno discese nella nuvola, si fermò quivi con lui e proclamò il nome dell’Eterno.

6 E l’Eterno passò davanti a lui, e gridò: "l’Eterno! l’Eterno! l’Iddio misericordioso e pietoso, lento all’ira, ricco in benignità e fedeltà,

7 che conserva la sua benignità fino alla millesima generazione, che perdona l’iniquità, la trasgressione e il peccato ma non terrà il colpevole per innocente, e che punisce l’iniquità dei padri sopra i figliuoli e sopra i figliuoli de’ figliuoli, fino alla terza e alla quarta generazione!"

8 E Mosè subito s’inchinò fino a terra, e adorò.

9 Poi disse: "Deh, Signore, se ho trovato grazia agli occhi tuoi, venga il Signore in mezzo a noi, perché questo è un popolo di collo duro; perdona la nostra iniquità e il nostro peccato, e prendici come tuo possesso".

10 E l’Eterno risposo: "Ecco, io faccio un patto: farò dinanzi a tutto il tuo popolo maraviglie, quali non si son mai fatte su tutta la terra né in alcuna nazione; e tutto il popolo in mezzo al quale ti trovi vedrà l’opera dell’Eterno, perché tremendo è quello ch’io sono per fare per mezzo di te.

11 Osserva quello che oggi ti comando: Ecco, io caccerò dinanzi a te gli Amorei, i Cananei, gli Hittei, i Ferezei, gli Hivvei e i Gebusei.

12 Guardati dal far lega con gli abitanti del paese nel quale stai per andare, onde non abbiano a diventare, in mezzo a te, un laccio;

13 ma demolite i loro altari, frantumate le loro colonne, abbattete i loro idoli;

14 poiché tu non adorerai altro dio, perché l’Eterno, che si chiama "il Geloso", è un Dio geloso.

15 Guardati dal far lega con gli abitanti del paese, affinché, quando quelli si prostituiranno ai loro dèi e offriranno sacrifizi ai loro dèi, non avvenga ch’essi t’invitino, e tu mangi dei loro sacrifizi,

16 e prenda delle loro figliuole per i tuoi figliuoli, e le loro figliuole si prostituiscano ai loro dèi, e inducano i tuoi figliuoli a prostituirsi ai loro dèi.

17 Non ti farai dèi di getto.

18 Osserverai la festa degli azzimi. Sette giorni, al tempo fissato del mese di Abib, mangerai pane senza lievito, come t’ho ordinato; poiché nel mese di Abib tu sei uscito dall’Egitto.

19 Ogni primogenito è mio; e mio è ogni primo parto maschio di tutto il tuo bestiame: del bestiame grosso e minuto.

20 Ma riscatterai con un agnello il primo nato dell’asino; e, se non lo vorrai riscattare, gli fiaccherai il collo. Riscatterai ogni primogenito de’ tuoi figliuoli. E nessuno comparirà davanti a me a mani vuote.

21 Lavorerai sei giorni; ma il settimo giorno ti riposerai: ti riposerai anche al tempo dell’aratura e della mietitura.

22 Celebrerai la festa delle settimane: cioè delle primizie della mietitura del frumento, e la festa della raccolta alla fine dell’anno.

23 Tre volte all’anno comparirà ogni vostro maschio nel cospetto del Signore, dell’Eterno, ch’è l’Iddio d’Israele.

24 Poiché io caccerò dinanzi a te delle nazioni, e allargherò i tuoi confini; né alcuno agognerà il tuo paese, quando salirai, tre volte all’anno, per comparire nel cospetto dell’Eterno, ch’è l’Iddio tuo.

25 Non offrirai con pane lievitato il sangue della vittima immolata a me; e il sacrifizio della festa di Pasqua non sarà serbato fino al mattino.

26 Porterai alla casa dell’Eterno Iddio tuo le primizie de’ primi frutti della tua terra. Non cuocerai il capretto nel latte di sua madre".

27 Poi l’Eterno disse a Mosè: "Scrivi queste parole; perché sul fondamento di queste parole io ho contratto alleanza con te e con Israele".

28 E Mosè rimase quivi con l’Eterno quaranta giorni e quaranta notti; non mangiò pane e non bevve acqua. E l’Eterno scrisse sulle tavole le parole del patto, le dieci parole.

29 Or Mosè, quando scese dal monte Sinai scendendo dal monte Mosè aveva in mano le due tavole della testimonianza non sapeva che la pelle del suo viso era diventata tutta raggiante mentr’egli parlava con l’Eterno;

30 e quando Aaronne e tutti i figliuoli d’Israele videro Mosè, ecco che la pelle del suo viso era tutta raggiante, ed essi temettero d’accostarsi a lui.

31 Ma Mosè li chiamò, ed Aaronne e tutti i capi della raunanza tornarono a lui, e Mosè parlò loro.

32 Dopo questo, tutti i figliuoli d’Israele si accostarono, ed egli ordinò loro tutto quello che l’Eterno gli avea detto sul monte Sinai.

33 E quando Mosè ebbe finito di parlar con loro, si mise un velo sulla faccia.

34 Ma quando Mosè entrava al cospetto dell’Eterno per parlare con lui, si toglieva il velo, finché non tornasse fuori; tornava fuori, e diceva ai figliuoli d’Israele quello che gli era stato comandato.

35 I figliuoli d’Israele, guardando la faccia di Mosè, ne vedeano la pelle tutta raggiante; e Mosè si rimetteva il velo sulla faccia, finché non entrasse a parlare con l’Eterno.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #10605

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10605. And be thou ready against the morning, and come up in the morning unto Mount Sinai. That this signifies a new beginning of the revelation of Divine truth, is evident from the signification of “morning,” as being a rising state or beginning, here a new beginning (of which in what follows); and from the signification of “Mount Sinai,” as being heaven from which comes Divine truth, thus from which comes revelation (see n. 8805, 8931, 9420). That “morning” denotes a rising state or beginning, is because all times signify states, for the reason that in heaven time is not thought of, but only changes of state in respect to the affections and derivative thoughts, and also because the changes of state there are like the times of the day, which are morning, noon, evening, and night; and the morning is that from which they begin. It may seem strange that in heaven there are no times, when yet they live there one with another like men in the world; nevertheless with a difference in respect to intelligence, wisdom, and happiness. But the reason is that the light there from the sun, which is the Lord, does not undergo daily alternations like the light from the sun in the world, but is varied in accordance with the states of love and faith with the angels, which states undergo alternations like the states of heat, of light, and of shade every day in the earth. The reason of this is that the light from the sun there, which is the Lord, is Divine truth; and the heat from that sun is love, with which the angels are affected as are men with the state of light and heat in the world. (That the light in heaven is from the Lord as a sun there, may be seen at the places cited in n. 9548, 9684: That this light is the Divine truth from which angels and men have intelligence and wisdom, see the places cited in n. 9548, 9571, 9684, 10569: That times signify states, see the places cited in n. 10133: That in heaven states vary like the times of day and year in the world, n. 5962, 8426: That “morning” denotes the beginning of these states, thus a new beginning, n. 8427, 10114: And that in heaven there is a state of evening and twilight, but not a state of night, n. 6110)

  
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9684. And the lampstand over against the table on the side of the Habitation toward the south. That this signifies the illumination of the spiritual kingdom by means of the Divine truth that proceeds from the Lord’s Divine human to those who are in good is evident from the signification of “the lampstand” as being the Lord as to Divine truth, thus the Divine truth that proceeds from His Divine Human, and the consequent illumination of His spiritual kingdom (of which in what follows); from the signification of “the table upon which were the breads of faces,” over against which was the lampstand, as being the Lord as to celestial good, and thus this good itself, from which and through which the Lord flows into the spiritual kingdom, that is, into the middle heaven (of which also in what follows); and from the signification of “on the side of the Habitation toward the south,” as being in heaven where the Divine truth that proceeds from the Lord’s Divine Human is in the greatest light; for the Habitation outside the veil, where the lampstand was, denotes the middle heaven (n. 9594), and “the south” or “midday” denotes where Divine truth is in its light (see n. 9642). That the lampstand was in the Habitation near the veil, and also the table upon which were the breads of faces; and that the lampstand was on the side toward the south, and the table on the side toward the north; are arcana of heaven which cannot be made plain unless it is known that the Habitation represented heaven, and the things in the Habitation the celestial and spiritual things which are in heaven. (What “the lampstand” represented has been shown above, n. 9548; and what “the table upon which were the breads of faces,” n. 9527, 9545; and what “the south” or “midday,” n. 9642; and what “the north,” n. 3708.) From this it can be seen that by “the lampstand on the side of the Habitation toward the south” is signified the illumination of the spiritual kingdom by means of the Divine truth that proceeds from the Lord’s Divine Human.

[2] But in order that the arcana themselves may be clearly seen, it must be stated how the case is in the heavens. The Lord appears to those who are of the celestial kingdom as a Sun, but to those who are of the spiritual kingdom as a Moon. The Lord as a Sun appears at a middle altitude over against the right eye; and as a Moon also at a middle altitude over against the left eye. From the Lord as a Sun, light comes to those who are in His celestial kingdom; and from the Lord as a Moon, light comes to those who are in His spiritual kingdom (concerning these two kingdoms, see the places cited in n. 9277). The light in the heavens is the Divine truth that proceeds from the Lord’s Divine Human, and this, when received by the angels of the spiritual kingdom, is called the truth of faith from the good of charity toward the neighbor. The middle heaven, which is called the spiritual heaven, consists of this good and this truth. The lampstand in the Habitation represented the Moon, from which those who are of the spiritual kingdom have light, thus it represented the Lord as to Divine truth there; for, as before said, the Lord appears as a Moon to those who belong to this kingdom. From all this it can now be seen why the lampstand was placed toward the south, for “the south” or “midday” denotes where Divine truth is in light (see n. 9642); and why the table upon which were the breads of faces was placed toward the north, for “the north” denotes where Divine truth is in obscurity (n. 3708). The case is the same with the Divine good signified by “the breads” upon this table; this good becomes spiritual good through the reception of Divine truth as of light from the Moon. These are the arcana which are signified by the lampstand and its position toward the south; and by the table upon which were the breads of faces, and its position toward the north.

[3] That “the lampstand” denotes the Divine truth that proceeds from the Lord’s Divine Human, is evident from Revelation:

I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the feet, and girt about the breasts with a golden girdle (Revelation 1:12-13);

“the Son of man” denotes the Lord in respect to the Divine truth from His Divine Human (n. 2803, 2813, 3704). And in another passage in the same book:

The glory of God shall lighten the Holy City Jerusalem, and the Lamb is the lamp thereof (Revelation 21:23);

“the glory of God” denotes the Divine truth that proceeds from the the Lord, (n. 9429); “the lamp which is the Lamb,” that is, the Lord, denotes faith, and the consequent intelligence of truth and wisdom of good, which are from the Lord alone (n. 9548); “the New Jerusalem” denotes the Lord’s New Church (see n. 2117).

[4] (That the Lord is a Sun to those who are in the celestial kingdom, and appears as a Moon to those who are in the spiritual kingdom, see n. 1053, 1521, 1529-1531, 3636, 3643, 5097, 7083, 7173, 7270, 8644, 8812; consequently that by “the sun” in the Word is signified the Lord as to celestial good, and by “the moon” the Lord as to spiritual good, n. 1529, 1530, 2441, 2495, 4060, 4696, 7083, 8644; and that the Lord as a Sun appears at a middle altitude over against the right eye, and as a Moon also at a middle altitude over against the left eye, n. 1531, 4321, 7078, 7171. It is for this reason that the east in heaven is where the Lord appears as a Sun, and the south where the Lord appears as a Moon. (That the light from the Lord as a Sun and as a Man is the Divine truth that proceeds from His Divine Human, see n. 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 2776, 3094, 3138, 3167, 3190, 3195, 3222, 3223, 3337, 3339, 3341, 3636, 3643, 3862, 3993, 4060, 4180, 4302, 4408, 4414, 4415, 4419, 4527, 4598, 5400, 6032, 6313, 6315, 6608, 6907, 7174, 8644, 8707, 8861, 9399, 9407.) And as the light from the Lord as a Sun and as a Moon is the Divine truth that proceeds from Him, therefore the heat from the Lord as a Sun in heaven is the Divine good of His Divine love (n. 3338, 3339, 3636, 3643, 5215, 6032).

[5] From this can be seen the nature of the difference between the celestial kingdom and the spiritual kingdom of the Lord in respect to the reception of Divine truth, namely, that it is like the difference between the light from the sun and the light from the moon. (That on this account they who are in the spiritual kingdom are comparatively in obscurity in respect to the truth of faith and the good of love, see n. 2708, 2715, 2718, 2831, 2849, 2935, 2937, 3241, 3833, 6289, 6500, 6945, 7233; that these especially were saved by the coming of the Lord into the world, n. 2661, 2716, 3969, 6373, 6854, 6914, 7035, 7091, 7828, 7932a, 8018, 8054, 8159, 8321, 9596; and that they have illumination in the Lord’s Divine Human, n. 2716, 2833, 2834; but that those belonging to the spiritual church are saved who are in the good of life through the truths of faith, n. 2954, 6435, 6647, 6648, 7977, 7992, 8643, 8648, 8658, 8685, 8690, 8701)

  
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